SETUP
Things that I use. Last updated on 25th February, 2015
Laptop Setup:
- MacBook Pro (Late 2014), 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM.
- Logitech G300 mouse.
- 1TB Western Digital Passbook Ultra, 1TB Seagate external HDD.
Tablet: Wacom Intuos Pro (Small).
Server Setup
- Windows 7 Ultimate
- Core2Duos chipset
- Circle Medium Cabinet
- 4GB RAM
- 500GB HDD
- ASUS Motherboard
- SAMSUNG DVD Writer
- Logitech Mouse, Keyboard & Webcam
- Samsung 17” Monitor
- TP-Link WR841N Router
- ipAccess NanoBTS (For signal boosting)
- D-Link DFM-560ES (connecting Landline Telephone to Server)
- HP PhotoSmart 4500 Printer
- Belkin 4-Port USB2.0 Hub
- Transcend 4-Port USB3.0 Hub
- 1 TB Seagate External HDD (2012)
- 3 TB Seagate External HDD (2015)
- 1 TB Western Digital My Passport HDD (2014)
- APC UPS
Mobile:
- iPhone 5s.
- An extremely old Nokia 1100 when I feel nostalgic.
- A Xiaomi 5200mAh Power Bank. Because iPhone only has a 1500mAH battery.
Audio:
- Apple Earplugs.
- Two very low Quality Enter speakers for the Laptop
- BYTE 5.1 Speakers
- Frontech 5.1 (Manually converted to 10.1) broadcasting from WiFi
DIY Electronics:
- Arduino Uno rev3 board.
OS: OSX Yosemite
Development: I use iTerm2 for command line fu. I spend most of my time on either terminator or browser. Some of the terminal tools that I use daily:
- Vim for some coding
- Sometimes Git. Though I really don’t know how to use it efficiently
- aria2c for downloading things
- Autojump for quickly moving around my system
- PDFtk for all things pdf. I only deal with pdfs when syncing docs between my devices
- Some custom scripts
A5 blank notebook and Sakura Pigma Micron 0.5mm Fineliner for sketching when I am working on a user interface
Browser: Google Chrome with the following must have extensions:
- uPass as passwords are important and are pretty hard not to forget
- Better History because chrome’s history page sucks
- Ghostery to block all the social nonsense
- AdBlockPlus for the annoying ads all over the Internet
- SpeakIt! for times when reading through a long passage becomes difficult
- Session Buddy to save the tab sessions
Web Apps: Some web applications I use often
- Most of Google stuff
- Google Drive for document management. Special mention because it helped me move away from Windows environment. Linux still doesn’t have a half decent document suite
- Facebook for the same reason every other people do
- Twitter for bite sized updates
Desktop Apps: The few desktop apps that I do use include:
- iTunes
- Microsoft Office for Mac for there is nothing better
- Flux for it slowly warms the colors of your screen based on the time of day. This helps me work late in the nights without straining my eyes.
- PHPStorm for all things PHP, manage my website
- Sublime Text for editing quick bits of code (this site is coded using sublime text)
- Queriois 2 for managing the MySQL databases
- Tower for Git version control
- Ulysses for writing. It has a brilliant zen interface
- Tweetbot for Mac for it is the best Twitter client out there
- DayOne for journalling. It’s like personal Twitter
- Blogo for managing WordpPress blogs
- Airmail for Managing emails and because the default Mail.app sucks
- VLC. What else to use then?
- Photoshop for all thins related to image creation
- Adobe Illustrator and [Sketch] for creating vector illustrations & mockups
- Sip for collecting colours from anywhere
- SketchUp & Rhineceros for 3D modelling
- Waltr for copying stuff to the iPhone
- Dropbox & Cloudapp for sharing files
- Deego for backup
- Chatty Better Facebook messenger app
- Messenger for Mac to communicate without opening the Facebook page
- Chitchat a native Mac app wrapper for WhatsApp Web
*Apple iPhone: I do not do a lot on my mobile. Some apps that I use:
Photos:
- Instagram for sharing photos
- PhotoTransfer - to quickly transfer photos from iPhone to Mac
- Google Photos for backup
- Flickr to share hi-res photos
Reading & Learning:
- iBooks for ebooks
- Swiftly to learn the Swift programming language
- TOI important & non-impornant news
- TED
- Duolingo for learning languages (currently learning French)
Social:
- Twitter for in class entertainment!
- Facebook messenger and main app
- Ello, distraction free networking
- Google+, just for the sake of it
- Whatsapp for staying in touch
- Periscope for live streams
- Skype because I’m too lazy to attend offline meetings
- Zomato - who doesn’t want to eat good food?
Music:
- Apple Music
- SoundCloud for indie stuff
Productivity:
- Wunderlist for note taking
- Kotak Bank, banking partners
- CoinKeeper to track expenses
Tools:
- Wordpress for managing blogs, though it’s not very usefull
- Trello for project management
- tawk.to - website chatting program
Medium:
- Canvas (Stretched)
- Acid Free Watercolor Paper
- 180gsm Paper
Colours:
- Daler-Rowney Simply Water Color Tube (24 Shades)
- Camel Painting Inks (12 Shades)
- Daler-Rowney System 3 Acrylic Colors (150ml)
- Yellow
- Red
- Blue
- Green - Bottle & Leaf
- Mixing White
- Black
- Steadler 48 Shade Watercolour Pencil
- Mungyo Soft Pastel Crayons
Pens:
- LAMY Safari Umbra Fountain Pen (war nib)
- Luxor Pilot Hi-Tec V5 Pen (Black)
- Sablo 88 Line Pen
- Pilot SW V Sign Pen
Brushes:
- 1-12 number Round Brushes
- 1/2”, 1”, 2” 4” Flat Brushes
- 1, 3, 4, 9 Fan Brushes
Palette Knives:
- 1/2” Diamond Knife
- 1” Flat Knife
- 1” Rounded Knife
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